Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP)

What is HEOP? HEOP provides a broad range of services to New York State residents who, because of academic and economic circumstances, would otherwise be unable to attend a postsecondary educational institution.

To be eligible for HEOP you must be a resident of New York State for one year, working towards a high school diploma, within certain educational standards, economically disadvantaged.

Partnering Institutions that offer HEOP include 45 New York colleges and universities

Alfred University

Bard College

Barnard College

Boricua College

Canisius College of Buffalo

Cazenovia College

Clarkson University

Colgate University

College of Saint Rose

Columbia University: Columbia College and School of Engineerring and Applied Science

Cornell University

Daemen College

Dowling College

D’Youville College

Five Towns College

Fordham University

Hamilton College

Hobart and Wm Smith Colleges

Hofstra University

Ithaca College

LeMoyne College

Long Island University

Manhattan College

Marist College

Marymount Manhattan College

Mercy College

Molloy College

Mount Saint Mary College

Nazareth College

New School

New York Institute of Technology: Old Westbury

New York University

Niagara University

Nyack College

Paul Smith’s College

Polytechnic University

Pratt Institute

Rochester Institute of Technology

Russell Sage College

Sage College of Albany

Siena College

Skidmore College

St. Bonaventure University

St. John Fisher College

St. Lawrence University

St. Thomas Aquinas College

Syracuse University

Trocaire College

Union College

University of Rochester

Utica College

Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

In addition to HEOP there is another program called Student Equal Opportunity Program (sometimes known as SEOP or EOP). This program is similar to HEOP however it is not state based. If there is a student that is out-of-state applying to a school and their income bracket falls within a certain category they can be eligible for EOP. This program is great because it considers out-of-state residents and ensures them financial aid opportunities and scholarships. A few schools that follow this are Barnard College, Boston College, and Syracuse University.